PREVENT Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 19, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers Act of 2020 or the PREVENT Act of 2020
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a grant program to prevent the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes) among students in middle and high schools. To support the program, the Food and Drug Administration must collect user fees from manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 18, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Dec 18, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 205, December 18, 2019, page H12210.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3096 | PREVENT Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Dec 18, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a program to prevent the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle and high schools, to award grants to State and local health agencies to implement such program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PREVENT Act of 2020
- Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Marketing and advertising
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
